October 24, 2006

Chocolate Cream Cheese Truffles

Directions:In a large bowl, beat together cream cheese and sugar. Add chocolate. Beat until well combined. Using your fingers, roll the chocolate/cream cheese mixture to the size of a large marble or superball. Sprinkle about 1/3 cup of cocoa on a plate and gently roll the candy to coat. Place on a clean plate and serve. You can also wait a couple of hours and they will have a more solid texture.

*the kind you get in a brick, not "spreadable" or "whipped"

My thoughts:

I like to make sweet things on Tuesdays and since today is Slashfood's candy day, I thought I'd make candy. I normally don't make candy so it was a nice change. At first I was going to make cream cheese fudge but then had the brainstorm of rolling them in unsweetened cocoa powder and making truffles. I am glad I did, they are so dark chocolate-y and tangy from the cream cheese. Also: you can't tell from the picture, but the bowl they are sitting in is teeny-tiny, it fits in the center of my hand, only about 2 inches across!

There is something so "rich" about truffles. They just conjure up fluffy high-heeled slippers and white robes for me! Careful with that cocoa on all the white. Too cheesy? Truffles are a fun part of being a girl. (For me, anyway. But yes, boys can share.)

Mmmm I just made these yesterday! That are AMAZINGLY good! I don't have a mixer so I let the cream cheese soften all day for easy mixing, and then just stuck them in the fridge for a bit to harden before I rolled. Yum Yum :)